Starship Asterisk*

I am confused (easily done I admit :) ) as to what is the size of the image used as the APOD. Does the "this shot" refer to the APOD or the larger FOV image from which the APOD is clearly derived or even the star chart? :? I would be grateful for any help. Thanks. I probably shouldn't ans...

Pretty nice batch of galaxies. In the Coma cluster, I once counted at least 30 galaxies in the FOV of a 6" Newtonian. It was likely this same area. The field of view is ~35', just a little more than a full moon. Here is the star chart for the uncropped picture: http://www.jburnell.com/AGC1656C...

Excellent photo of an amazing region. One object that particularly sticks out for me, is the "gray blob" at the very bottom, right of centre, in the APOD crop. It is a bit more pronounced in the full size image. It is just as large as almost any other object in the image, but why is it so...